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flood water fishing in winter

Keith, simplicity itself, and not one I'd seen before. Thanks for sharing it, I can see many applications.

Rog
 
Keith Humphreys said:
A couple of people have sent PM's asking about the "Captive Backlead System" which I use in highly flooded water when lots of debris is also coming down. I have tried to reply with a PM including a picture of the lead set-up, to no avail:( so I will try and get it on here instead (sorry for the image size and quality)

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Here is my captive backlead system it consists of a 3oz Korda 'flat pear' lead in which i have drilled a 5mm hole, into which you can screw a Solar tackle line clip (don't know their proper name). Attach a good length of line/heavy braid and a large split ring which you attach to your forward rodrest.
I must re-iterate that this is not a very aesthetically pleasing method cos you need to fish a 'Pin' or 'Baitrunner (with alarms or ratchet)
To fish this set-up first of all have your rod rests so that your rod tip is as low as possible with a 'butt gripper' at the other end. Fish your normal rig at the business end making sure your lead will hold bottom (with this method you will get away with a lighter lead but you must act quickly before the lead pulls out of position). Cast as normal but sink your line and the clip on your back lead immediately lowering the back lead as close to the bank as possible, tighten down to the back lead so that you have a bend in the rod tip. Bites are indicated by a pull down followed by the rod tip springing back as the fish pulls the line out of the back lead (similar to a down rigger on a big game boat)! All you have to do is strike and play the fish on your normal rig cos the back lead is still on the bottom in front of you (bear this in mind when netting your prize!!).
Hope this helps

Keith
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Hi Keith, maybe a naive question, is this essentially similar to the Fox captive back lead?
 
Glad you approve Rog it really does work a treat but as I said in my original post the credit must go to Andy Brown who showed it to me!
 
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Originally Posted by Jim Foxall
Hi Keith, maybe a naive question, is this essentially similar to the Fox captive back lead?

Jim,

The Fox captive back lead is designed to release at forward movement of the line (i.e, when you get a bite), but yes, essentially the same thing.

Cheers, Dave.
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Similar, but I suspect a lot cheaper!
 
Guys, yes it is basically the same but Andy showed me this rig long before it was marketed by Fox!! The rig costs' about £3.50 each to make but when you make it yourself you can 'tweek' it as you want which works for me!!
 
to all the the above members, great methods of fishing with reasonable results, but i do believe
that barbel do tend to stay where the know, some will get washed down river to another
strech, the other thing we have to consider, they have to aclimatize to water condiction and temp, but does this put them off the feed for a couple of days or so to get use to conditions, just a thought, eddie
 
My experience is to focus on one stretch to begin with. Fish through summer noting where fish are resident and looking for flat areas of gravel that are exposed. If there is a summer flood then don't let it pass you by. The fish will reside in their flood spots but be willing to feed while the water is warm. I then use this info and use it as a starting point for winter. I find that Barbel will move only as far as they need in order to be comfortable so I tend to fish same areas and the flow dictates how far I cast out, usually just my side of the crease. By concentrating on an area for a season or so you should find out by trial and error where the fish are and these pegs are normally reliable given the right conditions.
 
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